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LDOM TEMPLE. No. 355,818. Patented Jan. 11, 1887.

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GEORGE HARLING, OF LOGKlVOOD,

LOOM-T NEAR HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND.

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SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,818, dated January11, 1887.

Application filed September 2, 1885.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HARLING, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing in Lockwood, near Huddersfield, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Loom-Temples, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to barrel-temples for looms. Such temples haveheretofore been made with a central stud or fixed spindle, a series ofoblique washers arranged thereon formed with eccentric hubs, and aseries of rotary rings or wheels studded with pins mounted on theeccentric hubs. As the woven fabric passes over the temples on oppositesides of the loom it is engaged by the pins or teeth on the rings, andthe obliquity of the latter is such that the fabric is stretchedlaterally to a uniform extent, as is well understood.

My present invention consists, first, in the construction of suchtemples with toothless rings of sufficient diameter to project beyondthe intervening washers, either in place of or in combination with thetoothed rings. These rings are arranged in inclined planes, and areeccentric, like the toothed rings, but differ from the latter inprojecting on the side of their eccentricity beyond the washers, so thattheir angles or edges may engage the fabric and distend it.

My invention also consists, secondly, in the combination of twotemple-barrels witha chain stretched between them, having pins or teethfor engaging the selvage of the fabric, and. passed over inclinedeccentric bosses or washers on the studs. This construction is preferredwhenever it is necessary to keep the fabric distended for several inchesof its width.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a plan of aloom-templeembodying both features of my invention, the cover or shield beingturned back to exposethe working parts. Fig. 2 is an end elevationlooking from the middle of the loom, the cover or shield being in place.Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in vertical transverse mid-section, cuton the line 3 3 in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4. is a vertical transversesection cut on the line 4. 4 in these figures. Fig. 5 is a plan of thestud removed. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of one of the washers re-Serial No. 175,970. (No model.)

moved. Fig. 7 includes a plan and side View thereof, and Fig. 8 includesa side view and section of one of the clothdistending rings.

The remaining three figures illustrate modifications.

The chain-temple consists in general of two distinct temple-barrels, TT, both mounted on one bracket A, andconnected by a chain, F. Each ofthe temple-barrels T consists of the stud 'B, with alternate inclinedwashers G O, and plain rings E E, a toothed ring, D, and inclined bossesfor the chain to pass over.

The stud B has a head, 0, the outer end of which is beveled or cut in aninclined plane, and is formed against this face with an eccentric boss,0, in the same inclined plane, all as best shown in Fig. 5. Over thestud is slipped one of the rings E, shown separately in Fig. 8. Then aninclined washer, 0, (shown in Figs. 6 and 7,) is slipped'on. This washerhas also an eccentric boss, 0. Then another ring E, is put on, and thenanother washer. A toothed ring,

D, having a peripheral surface which is the frustum of a cone andstudded with radial teeth or pins, is then put on, followed by anotherwasher, O, of slightly larger diameter than the others, and having athicker boss, 0'. This last boss forms the bearing for the chain E. Thena thick washer, O is put on, the outer end of which is inclined toconform to the other washers O 0, while its inner end is cut squareacross in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the stud. The stud isthen passed through the hole in the bracket A and secured by a nut, B.Before both studs are thus at tached to the bracket the chain F isslipped over them, lying on the inclined eccentric bosses c c of the twobarrels. A guide-piece, G, is bolted to the bracket A, and forms asupport for the upper side of the chain, keeping it from saggingdownward or being strained inward by the pull on the cloth.

The washers O C are all clamped tightly tochain.

It is characteristic of my invention that the plain rings E E aresufliciently large relatively to the washers G O and are setsufficiently eccentric to cause their peripheries to project beyond thewashers on their eccentric side. This is preferably accomplished byturning the washers O (J to less diameter between the plain rings thanhas been customary with the washers used with toothed rings. The rings EE, because of their projection, indent the cloth, so that their anglesare enabled to grip the same and distend it as it passes over them. Thisdistention results from their inclined position, the 'same as with thetoothed rings. The fabric is thus distended with fewer rings and is lesspunctured. The plain rings are also less costly than the toothed ringsand are less liable to injury.

The chain F, by passing over the inclined bosses c assumes an obliqueposition, like the rings, so that as soon as'its teeth or pins engagethe fabric the continued travel of the chain stretches the fabric, andit is then held stretched by its selvage while the chain is travclingfrom one barrel, T, to the other.

H is the usual cover or shield, which is pivoted to the bracket A at h,and when in position is fastened by the thumb-screw It, as usual. It isomitted from Figs. 3 and 4.

Fig. 9 illustrates a modified form of my invention, which differs fromthe construction just described in that the toothed ring D is omitted.Thetwotemple-barrelsTTare used, with the toothed chain F and with twoplain rings, E E, on each barrel.

Figs. 10 and 11 show a construction of single-barrel temple, the chainbeing omitted. I have here shown two toothed rings, D D, and eight plainrings, E E.

The projecting eccentric plain rings introduced by my invention may beused alone or in combination with toothed rings.

I claim as my inventionl. A barrel-temple consisting of a stud andinclined washer, combined with a rotative toothless ring mountedeccentrically and projecting beyond the washer on the side of itseccentricity, whereby its projecting edge is adapted to engage thefabric, substantially as set forth.

2. A barrel-temple consisting of a stud, inclined washers thereon havingeccentric bosses, and rotative toothless rings mounted on said eccentricbosses, confined between the washers, and projecting on the side oftheir eccentricity sufficiently beyond the washers to enable them toindent and grip the fabric, substantially as set forth.

3. A barrel-temple consisting of a stud, inclined washers thereon, arotative toothed ring mounted eccentrically, and rotative toothlessrings mounted eccentrically between the washers and projecting beyondthe washers on the side of their eccentricity, combined substantially asset forth.

4. A temple consisting of the combination of two temple-barrels, T T, abracket, A, to which they are connected, and a toothed chain, F,stretched between the two barrels and arranged on inclined bosses,substantially as set forth.

5. A temple consisting of the combination of two te1nple-barrels, T T,abracket, A, a chain, F, and toothless rings E E, mounted eccentricallyon the barrels in inclined planes and projecting on the side of theireccentricity sufiiciently' to engage the fabric, substantially as setforth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEO. HARLING. lVitnesses:

O. W.NV1-IITMAN,

U. S. Consular Agent. A. B. OROSELEY, lllm'kct Place, Ifuddersfield.

